The 106th session of the annual FAI General Conference concluded on Saturday in Antalya, Turkey. More than 130 Participants coming from 50 FAI Member Countries attended the event that took place from 18 to 20 October 2012. The plenary sessions were preceded by the 2012 FAI Awards Ceremony on Thursday 18.

Elections

FAI President John Grubbström was re-elected for a 2 year mandate. Jonghoon Lee didn’t stand for election again and the Heads of Delegations voted for Frederic Brink from Netherlands to join the FAI Executive Board. All the other Executive Directors were re-elected.

Companions of Honour

Former CIMP President Peter Saundby and Former CIVL President John Aldrige were appointed by the FAI President as Companions of Honour after the approval by the Head of Delegations.

Projects

A review of ongoing projects such as the collaboration with Breitling, the Expert System, the development of FAME, the launch of the IT project for the database modernisation, the anti-doping plan, the sports strategy and the regional management system was made by different speakers.

New FAI Members

The FAI General Conference accepted the following applications for FAI Membership: